1925
From Tolkien Gateway
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- ? - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is published.
- ? - Tolkien moves from Leeds to Oxford where he is elected Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon.
August
- 23 - The first recorded date in the writing of the Lay of Leithian, at Line 557.
October
- 21 - Tolkien submits his resignation from Leeds, his employment officially ended December 31, 1925.